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What was the initial amount of gasoline in a fuel trailer, in gallons, it there are now x galons, y gallons were pumped into a storage tank, and then 50 gallons were added to the trailer?

A

`x+y+50`

B

`x+y-50`

C

`y-x+50`

D

`x-y-50`

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